LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — L.L. Bean hopes to give the boot to backlogs of its most iconic product. The Maine-based retailer is expanding production to keep up with demand for its leather-and-rubber ...

FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, shoppers exit the L.L. Bean retail store in Freeport, Maine. L.L. Bean hopes to give the boot to backlogs of its most iconic product. The Maine-based ...

October 19, 2021 Todd Snyder and LL Bean Used Vintage Military Gear for a New Limited-Edition Collab The duo turned vintage tents and bags into a new tote and Bean Boots.

L.L. Bean's original "hunting shoe" was first designed and manufactured more than 100 years ago. They're still made in Maine, just as they were then. It's synonymous with the brand.

In this Dec. 14, 2011 photo, boots hang from a work table in the facility where L.L. Bean boots are assembled in Brunswick, Maine.

FILE – In this March 16, 2016, file photo, shoppers exit the L.L. Bean retail store in Freeport, Maine. L.L. Bean hopes to give the boot to backlogs of its most iconic product.

There's a giant L.L. Bean boot outside the 24-hour retail store, near the company's headquarters in Freeport. Tourists regularly snap photos.

L.L. Bean invents the duck boot The LL Bean boot started with a pair of wet feet. In 1911, avid outdoorsman Leon Leonwood Bean was tired of coming back from hunting trips with cold, soaking shoes.